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money put into the fund by the city means less money available to pay for other city obligations. there is also pressure on the retirement board to keep the assumed rate of return high from union officials so that employees are not required to make more of a contribution. thus the retirement board is under pressure to keep the assumed rate of return high for city budget and its employees. but the flip side of this is that the long-term financial health of the fund would be health of the fund would be better served.0 then the fund would be under less pressure to try to attain such high returns and could invest in less risky investments. in the long run the taxpayers will have to pay into the fund if the volatile investment!:jú-ñ decrease in value. the board relies on an investment consulting firm to recommend the investment rate return rate assumption. the consulting firm told the jury that its formula is prient proprietary and it will not divulge it to the board. the board assumes the rate for actuaries usend estimating the funding level. 9 city sets the contribution rate for th
money put into the fund by the city means less money available to pay for other city obligations. there is also pressure on the retirement board to keep the assumed rate of return high from union officials so that employees are not required to make more of a contribution. thus the retirement board is under pressure to keep the assumed rate of return high for city budget and its employees. but the flip side of this is that the long-term financial health of the fund would be health of the fund...
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of such confidence in a city that will present this opportunity that's rare as it is. that is why we pursued the warriors. we knew we had an entity there to help us demonstrate the things we talked about when pursuing them, local hire, jobs for people, vendors respective of our small businesses, a waterfront design sensitive to the views and the environment that we want to have, and a great, great addition to our economy in the city for years and years to come, so it is with great pride that we make this announcement because many of the people in this room are looking for that opportunity from all walks of life, from every community in san francisco they see this as a city wide projected, not just on the waterfront. it's everybody's future. everybody has to be heard and i know that even this weekend there was a telephonic ability to talk to people online and the telephone. there were over 4,000 people that engaged themselves with a conversation and the warriors and about what this project meant. it's incredible. i also want to give a shout out to the port and i know mo
of such confidence in a city that will present this opportunity that's rare as it is. that is why we pursued the warriors. we knew we had an entity there to help us demonstrate the things we talked about when pursuing them, local hire, jobs for people, vendors respective of our small businesses, a waterfront design sensitive to the views and the environment that we want to have, and a great, great addition to our economy in the city for years and years to come, so it is with great pride that we...
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just going to make a better project overall because this could be a fantastic project for both the city and the neighborhood. but it could also be a disaster as well. i think we all acknowledge there is a balance that has to be struck within the process to ensure that it turns out to be the former. so, with that i don't know if there are any comments from committee members. i do want to thank the land use committee for hearing this. this is only the first of many hearings. there is going to be a process, our office will work hard to ensure that. thank you. >> i just wanted to add to supervisor kim's comments that let me do my best to make sure my staff is working with neighborhood residents and others as we move other hearings and item forward through the land use committee or to ensure that that happens. i also wanted to say, too, i'm really appreciative of the thoroughness of the presentations by different department staff and thanks to rick wells for being here as well as others from the community, too. thank you so much, supervisor kim. can we continue this to the call of the chair
just going to make a better project overall because this could be a fantastic project for both the city and the neighborhood. but it could also be a disaster as well. i think we all acknowledge there is a balance that has to be struck within the process to ensure that it turns out to be the former. so, with that i don't know if there are any comments from committee members. i do want to thank the land use committee for hearing this. this is only the first of many hearings. there is going to be...
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your own energy use in the city, like your home energy use? all that data about when you use it, what are your hot times, your cool times. how about if we try to find some way to inspire people to give us that]h data, in some coordinated way. because if we understand that 20 to 22% of our emissions comes from1ar residenl use, you can imagine if we had that data coming from every household use in the city we could break that data down with involvement of creative people like yourselves, and then try o see where there's patterns where we could lessen our carbon footprint and talk about better energy use. that's perfect for us. that's what we're going to ask this challenge to present for our next improve sf challenge for the city. and that's what we'd like to engage people in. and then hopefully, some time after this challenge is announced, and if we can get the best ideas out there, we will be engaged with you to select the best answer. and if there's an idea out there that can answer that question about how to inspire people, then hopefully wq
your own energy use in the city, like your home energy use? all that data about when you use it, what are your hot times, your cool times. how about if we try to find some way to inspire people to give us that]h data, in some coordinated way. because if we understand that 20 to 22% of our emissions comes from1ar residenl use, you can imagine if we had that data coming from every household use in the city we could break that data down with involvement of creative people like yourselves, and...
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he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection committee for the good government awards. it is really a treat. as a human-resources director, i get a lot of bad news. some of that gets in the newspaper. with all due respect to our brethren in the press, it's always a good story to write about bad behavior that may happen in a city department or that a public employee may have engaged in. we are the largest employer in san francisco. it is only natural as some of that bad behavior may fall on our doorsteps. it is refreshing to see some of the wonderful work people are doing, who really personify the ethos of san francisco. i want to celebrate that. on
he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection...
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we couldn't have done it without you, the city of san francisco. like i said you guys better be proud. you need to be proud and i will tell you for dang sure we are all world series champions and wearing orange and black in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> all right. now i would like to introduce two more gentlemen. the first gentleman his first year with the giants and goes to the world series. the other gentleman arrived halfway through the season. coming up to speak now is angel pagan and hunter pens. [cheers and applause] >> thank you guys. i am going to try to improvise since the mayor stole my speech. i would like to thank god. i would like to thank the san francisco giants for giving me the opportunity to play in front of you guys, the fans. my family. thank you for understanding. thank you for understanding my career. it's very tough but i try to do the best everyday. thank you to my teammates because they have taught me so many thing this year to play with a lot of heart and determination and passion for this game. they made me a be
we couldn't have done it without you, the city of san francisco. like i said you guys better be proud. you need to be proud and i will tell you for dang sure we are all world series champions and wearing orange and black in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> all right. now i would like to introduce two more gentlemen. the first gentleman his first year with the giants and goes to the world series. the other gentleman arrived halfway through the season. coming up to speak now is angel...
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we lit up the city. it was a washid orange from coit tower to the ferry building to right here at city hall. what can we take away from our 2012 giants? i believe we can take away life lessons. vuch teachable moments for our children and our team did face challenges and whether facing injuries or newly acquired players or facing elimination game one after another. what were the life lessons? never give up no matter how high the mountain is to climb. have integrity and conduct yourself with professionalism. did this team do that? absolutely. play with a team with unselfish devotion. trust one another and love your team teammates and in always do so have fun and it's meant to be played as a game, so for the rest of our lives i know this truly resonates for many of us. for the rest of our lives we will remember this team as a brilliant team, a team of character, a team of chemistry, and a team that ultimately clicked and we developed a short hand around our heroes and our giants experience that will always
we lit up the city. it was a washid orange from coit tower to the ferry building to right here at city hall. what can we take away from our 2012 giants? i believe we can take away life lessons. vuch teachable moments for our children and our team did face challenges and whether facing injuries or newly acquired players or facing elimination game one after another. what were the life lessons? never give up no matter how high the mountain is to climb. have integrity and conduct yourself with...
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we work that way. >> reporter: city officials in daly city tell me they will be stopping by to keep an eye on that hillside during the storms. here in pacifica that will not be the case. doug is confident he won't be stopping by he knows if there are any problems these residents will give him a call, right away. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now part of the great highway in san francisco is shutdown because of storms strong winds sent sand blowing across yesterday the conditions too dangerous to reopen, drivers not being allowed to travel between lincoln and sloot in either direction. >>> storm-related photos sent by our viewers through ureport this is a large tree branch that came down in a santa rosa parking lot. another viewer took this photo of pg&e crews at an apartment complex in fremont. power was out nearly 12 hours there as the storms continue throughout the week, e-mail your photos. >>> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of these storms. meteorologist lisa argen will be back with the full forecast and you can track the storm yourself any time with live doppler
we work that way. >> reporter: city officials in daly city tell me they will be stopping by to keep an eye on that hillside during the storms. here in pacifica that will not be the case. doug is confident he won't be stopping by he knows if there are any problems these residents will give him a call, right away. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now part of the great highway in san francisco is shutdown because of storms strong winds sent sand blowing across yesterday the...
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i got to work on with the city administrator. we need to take care of the infrastructure in many ways and we are loving our parks and why we want this great investment to continue and this is another small yet important addition. we will have $35 million more of that with the connection with the port and the next bond so it serves as a great example how we use the park bonds to of benefit of all of our users and residents and especially because we want our southeast sector to continue evolving in a positive way for everybody. it has been a trial for many of the residents here for many years because of the leadership of the different agencies working together with environmental advocates to make sure we strike that right balance we can have the spaces used for the different use and it is enjoyment of the environment at the same time for the residents. thank you for being here with this announcement. we get four things out of this. a dog run, heron's head park with the landscape and wonderful access to it. we have the literacy for
i got to work on with the city administrator. we need to take care of the infrastructure in many ways and we are loving our parks and why we want this great investment to continue and this is another small yet important addition. we will have $35 million more of that with the connection with the port and the next bond so it serves as a great example how we use the park bonds to of benefit of all of our users and residents and especially because we want our southeast sector to continue evolving...
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i remind you, this is a city. we're between 80 and 90% of all residents and not the port to buy or represent in the city. this is a city-wide concern and it is an area concern. i haven't heard this addressed. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, tim colin on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition and on behalf of our 70 something members. this project was presented to us earlier in the year and to make its a brief as possible, we loved it. it's right in our sweet spot. the urbanism, fantastic, on-site affordable housing. enormous amount of bicycle parking. it is a strong and welcome addition to this evolving neighborhood. i think the benefits of this project are so obvious and so overwhelming i'm not sure exactly why i'm here except i fear physical violence from bob if i don't express these views. [laughter] >>> i don't think you should hesitate a second before approving this project. it's wonderful. >>> good afternoon, commissioners, danny campbell with the sheet workers local 104. and i echo that gent
i remind you, this is a city. we're between 80 and 90% of all residents and not the port to buy or represent in the city. this is a city-wide concern and it is an area concern. i haven't heard this addressed. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, tim colin on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition and on behalf of our 70 something members. this project was presented to us earlier in the year and to make its a brief as possible, we loved it. it's right in our sweet spot....
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incur no debt load to the port or to the city. we do find that hadth proposed development to be fiscally feasible under chapter 29 of the city's administrative code. we do have some recommendations on page 19 of our report. as i understand t madam chair and supervisor avalos, these recommendations are included in an amended piece of legislation that you have received. our recommendations are to amend the proposed resolution to require that the 20th street historic building project meet [speaker not understood] interior standards. [speaker not understood], that you amend the proposed resolution to require that the port report to the board of supervisors when the board considers the project's ground lease. on the revised cost estimates, project financing and pro forma financial analysis as well as the port's procedures to control and verify costs. would also recommend that you amend the proposed resolution requesting any reopeners to the proposed ground lease, [speaker not understood] changes the financial terms of the agreement sub
incur no debt load to the port or to the city. we do find that hadth proposed development to be fiscally feasible under chapter 29 of the city's administrative code. we do have some recommendations on page 19 of our report. as i understand t madam chair and supervisor avalos, these recommendations are included in an amended piece of legislation that you have received. our recommendations are to amend the proposed resolution to require that the 20th street historic building project meet [speaker...
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and what is special about our city. but i do think that this is an appropriate measure. and to address the suggestion that somehow this is a more trivial concern i agree with supervisor wiener, we consider thousands of measures every year and some of them deal with very profound circumstances facing our city. others deal with the potholes. and what's happening on the street corner, and what we're hearing from our parents. us to address those issues large and small and again that is why i will be supporting this measure. >> supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor olague. >> supervisor olague: i'm just going to mention that i receive e-mails all the time with people that are upset that there are homeless people in the neighborhood. i probably get more e-mails protesting that than just about anything and i would be the last person to ever legislate banning homeless people from certain parts of the city. so and so i'm still trying to understand what is so unique and so different about what's happened that we need this now,
and what is special about our city. but i do think that this is an appropriate measure. and to address the suggestion that somehow this is a more trivial concern i agree with supervisor wiener, we consider thousands of measures every year and some of them deal with very profound circumstances facing our city. others deal with the potholes. and what's happening on the street corner, and what we're hearing from our parents. us to address those issues large and small and again that is why i will...
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the first city in the world to have that kind of data available. >> other cities can take elements of sfpark and implement it in the cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve transit speed, reliability, reduc. [applause] >> good evening. i'm the director of transportation. for me, this is not the academy awards. this is the all-star game. the folks sitting over here are truly the all stars of the city. i've had an opportunity to work with ed, harlan, and jocelyn. behalf of all of us. we are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. my job is to introduce the awardees. please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. >> thank you. this is a tremendous honor. it really does feel fabulous to be recognized.
the first city in the world to have that kind of data available. >> other cities can take elements of sfpark and implement it in the cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve...
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rate than expenditures on most city services since 1999. the fund says that they neither confirm nor deny this. the jury answer is that the controller agreed with this finding. the jury believeses that since the city insures the fund against investment losses they should play an active part in influencing the investment risk. it's common for an insured to limit and penalize risk and even to refuse to deal with matured individuals who do not exercise sufficient care over their health or property nevertheless we think the board and staff should show awareness of impact of investment losses on the health of the city budget. recommendation 1 -- almost done, recommends that a high level task force meet and discuss these issues. the board says that this is not warranted because proposition c took care of all the problems. the jury answer is that the board's actuary took into account the impact of proposition c when the future city contribution was calculated. proposition c has to do with benefit reform and not with the fund's investment policies.
rate than expenditures on most city services since 1999. the fund says that they neither confirm nor deny this. the jury answer is that the controller agreed with this finding. the jury believeses that since the city insures the fund against investment losses they should play an active part in influencing the investment risk. it's common for an insured to limit and penalize risk and even to refuse to deal with matured individuals who do not exercise sufficient care over their health or property...
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for decades, we, as a city, have underinvested severely in muni. there's always a reason for divertindiverting money away frm investing in the system. we can always think of great ideas for using muni maintenance, vehicle, and other operational money for a purpose other than makingsrñz muni more reliable. there's always a great reason and mo enthen gets converted and muni and thes'h2b8y riding publc suffer. it's now time to stop using muni money that can be used for maintaining and improving the system for things other than operations and reliability. we need to do this not tomorrow, not a year from now, but now. muni has 420 million in deferred maintenance on its fleet and we see the consequences of that number every day. we haven't purchased enough vehicles, and we have no backup vehicles when they break down."- when vehicles have broken down, we've been sloi to fix them, we fix them inadequately and sometimes they're not even fixed at all and they sit idle. we've significantly reduced our rehabilitation of vehicles including mid-life overhauls
for decades, we, as a city, have underinvested severely in muni. there's always a reason for divertindiverting money away frm investing in the system. we can always think of great ideas for using muni maintenance, vehicle, and other operational money for a purpose other than makingsrñz muni more reliable. there's always a great reason and mo enthen gets converted and muni and thes'h2b8y riding publc suffer. it's now time to stop using muni money that can be used for maintaining and improving...
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the city's first whistle blower program. prior to employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the asian law caucus. i first met ed in 1992 when he became the executive director for the human rights commission and we were both 16. that's two decades ago, ed. i watched him soon become the director of city purchasing and then going on to become the director of public works. i think ed is the only mayor in city history that can carry tlau on the campaign promise to fill the potholes because he actually knows how and he's the only mayor in city history that can say he actually knows every single city street because his crews probably paved them. i have had the privilege of working alongside ed for many years in city government. he has always been a cherished colleague and friend to everyone in city hall. he's done the job, he gets the job done, never wanting credit, just the satisfaction of doing the right thing for the people he serves in the city and county of san francisco. i was thin
the city's first whistle blower program. prior to employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the asian law caucus. i first met ed in 1992 when he became the executive director for the human rights commission and we were both 16. that's two decades ago, ed. i watched him soon become the director of city purchasing and then going on to become the director of public works. i think ed is the only mayor in city history that can carry tlau on the campaign...
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my long-time resident family, all along -- life-long residents of the city. and i bring up this point because, given the short notice, i've been on the phone with friends, family, who live in neighborhoods all throughout this city. near stone's town, nobod nob hi, pacific heights, richmond, you name it, i canvassed the city, all are opposing this project. this is open green space. i think it's considered san francisco is' front lawn available for children playing soccer, and it is not a appropriate place for a restaurant. i'm sure the mcgiven family is a wonderful family. i'm sure their restaurants are well managed. this is not an issue that they have a restaurant or that they're terrific people. i'm sure they are. the station, i agree with supervisor ferrell, it is a bit of an eyesore. i also have enjoyed marina green and -- gated building, all these years. i propose a different use for the project, and ask ain sey for a -- sincerely for a continuous so there's more time to rally the rest of san francisco, not residents in the area, to have a discussion on w
my long-time resident family, all along -- life-long residents of the city. and i bring up this point because, given the short notice, i've been on the phone with friends, family, who live in neighborhoods all throughout this city. near stone's town, nobod nob hi, pacific heights, richmond, you name it, i canvassed the city, all are opposing this project. this is open green space. i think it's considered san francisco is' front lawn available for children playing soccer, and it is not a...
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i think, also, with our city passing really the highest budget that we have seen in our city's history i think it's more important than ever that we really step our support for your families and our kids. that being said i think that there are a lot of conversations in kind of moving targets as we're finding different moneys coming in from the last fiscal year so i wanted to allow greater time for a conversation to happen about both sources of funding and also specifically how this investment that the city is making, in our class of 2014-15 are going to be met over the next two weeks. so i would like to make a motion to continue this item as well to december 4. and i do want to thank my cosponsors, supervisors campos,ñ mar, avalos and olague. >> president chiu: seconded by supervisor mar. further discussion, supervisor campos. >> supervisor campos: thank you very much. i want to begin by thanking supervisor kim for bringing this item forward. and let me begin by saying that i have been supportive of this effort to provide additional resources to the san francisco unified school distri
i think, also, with our city passing really the highest budget that we have seen in our city's history i think it's more important than ever that we really step our support for your families and our kids. that being said i think that there are a lot of conversations in kind of moving targets as we're finding different moneys coming in from the last fiscal year so i wanted to allow greater time for a conversation to happen about both sources of funding and also specifically how this investment...
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will other cities follow suit? with me the former governor arnold schwarzenegger's press secretary and attorney joey jackson. thanks o much for joining us, both of you. >> thanks, jenna. meliss aaron, i will start with you. this is a first but it's not, not totally unexpected. they're broke. what are they supposed to do? >> that's why you go to bankruptcy so the courts figure out who you owe first and who gets what money. you're exactly right they're broke. short of winning the powerball san bernardino has very few options. they have to cut services elsewhere to pay for pensions or raiseaxes to pay for the pensions. one way or another they will have to pay the bill. melissa: really? joey what do you think?. >> i think hes right. what is the smell? sweet smell of victory. ultimately i don't think municipality can get out of this. yes it is in federal court. the question becomes, does the federal government take priority, does the state take priority? back a long, long time ago, melissa when the atute was enacted for
will other cities follow suit? with me the former governor arnold schwarzenegger's press secretary and attorney joey jackson. thanks o much for joining us, both of you. >> thanks, jenna. meliss aaron, i will start with you. this is a first but it's not, not totally unexpected. they're broke. what are they supposed to do? >> that's why you go to bankruptcy so the courts figure out who you owe first and who gets what money. you're exactly right they're broke. short of winning the...
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the city stockpile several hundred bags for distribution. >> given out approximately 200 sandbags so far. clearing catch basins and the areas flowing leaves. we've had a couple of minor incidents with trees coming down. >> the skies cleared by midday leaving behind flooding that prompted the park service to close the highway. this man's car died moments after he drove through the intersection. >> i went through the puddle and, a car just stalled. i guess the water just went into the hood. >> fear of flooding is strongest in the city's mission district. heavy rain in april flooded an apartment building including a restaurant. >> the water wants to pool here. this used to be a lagoon. when we have that coupled with high tides the rain has nowhere to go. >> whether school workers is tying to secure the site. it took two days of phone calls. >> sandbags could be picked up in the agencies' operation yard. proof of residency is required an there's a limit of ten bags per household. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> storm reeked havoc on travelers. ktvu's mike mibach where air traffi
the city stockpile several hundred bags for distribution. >> given out approximately 200 sandbags so far. clearing catch basins and the areas flowing leaves. we've had a couple of minor incidents with trees coming down. >> the skies cleared by midday leaving behind flooding that prompted the park service to close the highway. this man's car died moments after he drove through the intersection. >> i went through the puddle and, a car just stalled. i guess the water just went...
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have they taken into consideration in your best guess changing times, like the city is coming back, we have less unemployment, we have an influx of new tech companies, we possibly are going to have a warrior's arena, has this plan in any way taken into consideration changing times in the future or is it set somewhere 8 or 10 years ago? >> i think that's a loaded question and i'm probably not apt to answer that directly to you. >> anybody have an opinion? >> i sat on the planning task force for a few months. i was an appointee from james kim's office, by the time i got there, it was already in the making and although it has been said that over 60 times entertainment has been on the agenda and there were discussions, it is my experience that although it was on the agenda several times, it was at the end of the agenda and was not talked about a lot of times and no, there was no discussion about the tech companies, all of this plan was -- had already been moved forward by the time the twitter tax break and all of that had gone through, so no, that was not taken into consideration. >> yeah,
have they taken into consideration in your best guess changing times, like the city is coming back, we have less unemployment, we have an influx of new tech companies, we possibly are going to have a warrior's arena, has this plan in any way taken into consideration changing times in the future or is it set somewhere 8 or 10 years ago? >> i think that's a loaded question and i'm probably not apt to answer that directly to you. >> anybody have an opinion? >> i sat on the...
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you shouldn't make it easier for people suing the city to win their lawsuit. stay out of it and vote no. you should not assert pressure on planning while an e-i-r is being developed. that is the intent to change the results of the nap e-i-r. don interfere and vote no on this resolution. the e-i-r in question is supposed to be for the natural area management plan, not just parts of it. you should not allow extremists with a stake in this to pick and choose which parts of the overall nap plan are considered in the e-i-r. if it is to have any real meaning it is to look at all, not just some aspects. it should not be completed if it does not include sharp park plan. it will be wasted. please vote no on this. please do not let extremists with an agenda and lawsuit use you the supervisors to do their dirty work for them. don't let them fool you into giving them what have not been able to get from the people, from rpd, from the mayor or from the courts. please ask supervisor olague to pull this resolution so no one ever has to see it again. thank you. >> is there any
you shouldn't make it easier for people suing the city to win their lawsuit. stay out of it and vote no. you should not assert pressure on planning while an e-i-r is being developed. that is the intent to change the results of the nap e-i-r. don interfere and vote no on this resolution. the e-i-r in question is supposed to be for the natural area management plan, not just parts of it. you should not allow extremists with a stake in this to pick and choose which parts of the overall nap plan are...
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. >> it was all over the city. the average cap household size is 3.8%. five of the 90 accounts we selected for income verification match the home address of one or more city employees, 45% were found to be ineligible for cap and those selected for the review matched the address of one or more city employees and all three reported income lower than the amount of corresponding official salary for the city employees. for recommendations 10, 11, 12, and 13 related to addressing the 473 accounts matching the listed home address of at least one city employee by verifying household income and size to demonstrate that their household qualifies forever cap removing accounts found ineligible and recovering to ineligible accounts and we asked puc would also work with department of human resources to pursue any disciplinary action found to have associated with providing fraudulent information for the cap discount. finding 4.1, sf puc's current outreach methods over low income areas in the program's jurisdiction and puc does co
. >> it was all over the city. the average cap household size is 3.8%. five of the 90 accounts we selected for income verification match the home address of one or more city employees, 45% were found to be ineligible for cap and those selected for the review matched the address of one or more city employees and all three reported income lower than the amount of corresponding official salary for the city employees. for recommendations 10, 11, 12, and 13 related to addressing the 473...
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i think this project is very good for the city. it's going to create a lot of revenue, city that wants to spend money to restore the pier. talking about a month old, residents and all that. i think san francisco mta, they take a great [speaker not understood] see all the detail how they're going to have transportation. i think they're going to be addressing all that. and also we have to repair those piers because they're going to fall down to the water and they're going to be worse. so, let's move forward with this project. thank you. >> thank you, mr. hernandez. i just want to recognize mr. hernandez is a member of the citizens advisory committee and appreciate you participating because i know it's a lot of meetings and a lot of hours. thank you. i'm sorry, i didn't call more speaker cards. i have jesus villa [speaker not understood]. gregory reid and [speaker not understood]. if there are any members of the public that would like to speak, please feel free to line up after those speakers. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name
i think this project is very good for the city. it's going to create a lot of revenue, city that wants to spend money to restore the pier. talking about a month old, residents and all that. i think san francisco mta, they take a great [speaker not understood] see all the detail how they're going to have transportation. i think they're going to be addressing all that. and also we have to repair those piers because they're going to fall down to the water and they're going to be worse. so, let's...
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the berkeley city council declared the business a nuisance and orded it to shut down. it's located on sacramento seven the counsel says it's violating zoning laws. he's been fighting the nearly $25,000 in fines he's facing, but says the council's declaration is too much. sptoday at his home in san francisco. the chronicle reports that rodriguez died after a long battle with cancer. he was well known for his trash man comic. friends remember him as a friend, artist and radical. he was 72 years old. >>> the public got its first look at a boy accused of a crime spree and murder in san jose. we're able to show you video despite the fact he's a juvenile. >> reporter: aldonis muldrow made his first appearance in court this afternoon. he never spoke as he faced numerous charges including murder and attempted murder of a peace officer in a shootout with police. his partner, jonathan woolbanks was arraigned on similar charges. he had been on the run before being captured in concord friday night. the district attorney's office will try him as an adult. >> typically we look at th
the berkeley city council declared the business a nuisance and orded it to shut down. it's located on sacramento seven the counsel says it's violating zoning laws. he's been fighting the nearly $25,000 in fines he's facing, but says the council's declaration is too much. sptoday at his home in san francisco. the chronicle reports that rodriguez died after a long battle with cancer. he was well known for his trash man comic. friends remember him as a friend, artist and radical. he was 72 years...
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and we can actually have a great example for other cities in the bay area to follow. i know there's a lot of interest in the bay area as well seeing that happen. >> president chiu: supervisorú/] elsbernd. >> supervisor elsbernd: thank you, mr. president. through the president, supervisor campos, i struggle today to follow your logic. i have a real difficult time. just 20 minutes ago we heard you present the choice that the police department was going to have to face was violence in the mission or enforce public nudity. that's not a false choice? i mean that's one of the most bogus choices i've heard. i didn't say anything because i think everyone here knows hour police department knows how to prioritize. that wasn't a budgetary issue. that's not a false choice but this is. i hope everyone here understands a budget has to be equal. revenues must equal expenditures. you are in a box. there is not a concept that it's an unlimited budget. if it wass/jpmc an unlimited bui would agree with you. it would be a false choice. we only have so much money. that requires us to mak
and we can actually have a great example for other cities in the bay area to follow. i know there's a lot of interest in the bay area as well seeing that happen. >> president chiu: supervisorú/] elsbernd. >> supervisor elsbernd: thank you, mr. president. through the president, supervisor campos, i struggle today to follow your logic. i have a real difficult time. just 20 minutes ago we heard you present the choice that the police department was going to have to face was violence in...
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cities. they make perfect sense for a dense land constrained city like ours. unfortunately, the proposal is seriously undermined by the idea of a 375-unit cap on market rate edus. it's poor public policy for two reasons. first, while hack could in principle support a threshold that would trigger planning department review, it is simply not possible what could be understood from such a very, very small sample size which is really 1/10 of 1% of the city's housing stock. what conclusions would planning staff be able to reach by studying 375 units? we dispute that that's a statistically valid sample. second, the 375 unit cap sends exactly the wrong message to the market rate builders and lenders. a cap this small conveys in a fairly direct way the city does not support this type of housing, may soon close the window on it, and investors should proceed at their own peril. more generally this hyper cautious approach to new housing while common in san francisco is frustrating to our members. it is yet another example of the contradiction between the values we espouse
cities. they make perfect sense for a dense land constrained city like ours. unfortunately, the proposal is seriously undermined by the idea of a 375-unit cap on market rate edus. it's poor public policy for two reasons. first, while hack could in principle support a threshold that would trigger planning department review, it is simply not possible what could be understood from such a very, very small sample size which is really 1/10 of 1% of the city's housing stock. what conclusions would...
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you know, when the city economy is weak, that is what the trigger was put in for. there's clearly a reason as to why the city had to reduce this -- for the school district. but i think the emphasis behind where the supplemental came from as we ask the school district how are you going to fund these programs going into the future i hope we have a real conversation next year, as our city economy looks better and our city economy grows as to whether we're going to pull the trigger again on prop h. i think that in last year, when we pulled the prop h trigger to me it had made sense because we didn't have a good budgetary forecast of what revenues were coming in. as the month of june was closing it looked more and more optimistic. as we look at the budget picture now i think many of us asked why did we pull the trigger last year and that was the reason why i introduced what i thought was a modest fundamental in the school district. overall regardless of your position i'm excited that we're engaging in a robust discussion of what it means to partner and support with our
you know, when the city economy is weak, that is what the trigger was put in for. there's clearly a reason as to why the city had to reduce this -- for the school district. but i think the emphasis behind where the supplemental came from as we ask the school district how are you going to fund these programs going into the future i hope we have a real conversation next year, as our city economy looks better and our city economy grows as to whether we're going to pull the trigger again on prop h....
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only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. so now's the time. >>> in southern italy a rare tornado caught on tape at europe's largest steel plant. one person is still missing, two dozen people were injured. a warehouse and lighthouse were damaged. owners planned to close the facility which had been involved in a pollution scam. >>> in bangladesh, a factory is under investigation for a fire that killed 112
only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better...
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there's plenty of spaces all over the city to do this. we have lots of spaces in the city where you can put a restaurant. but i firmly believe that as an open space we've heard issues of alcohol, heard issues of kids playing, all of these types of things. but i think if you look back, as we get older, at some point in time you have to look back and say why did i make9%($2x this decision. and i think open space, and an open space as a park, parks and recreation and restaurants. it's parks and recreation. and this is the idea of what -- exists and that's my processed measure. -- oppose this measure. >> supervisor farrell: thank you very much. next speaker please. chris lindan a resident of fort mason. i first moved there in 2002. for probably about eight years before that i've been running been able to witness the miracle that is chrisy fields and all of the development that's gone on there. and i've witnessed fort mason as san franciscan become the center of civic pride and culture and always new ideas. and i know the mcnivens and i know
there's plenty of spaces all over the city to do this. we have lots of spaces in the city where you can put a restaurant. but i firmly believe that as an open space we've heard issues of alcohol, heard issues of kids playing, all of these types of things. but i think if you look back, as we get older, at some point in time you have to look back and say why did i make9%($2x this decision. and i think open space, and an open space as a park, parks and recreation and restaurants. it's parks and...
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jean thomas, i'm a retired city employee. i have the honor and privilege of being the chair of the committee with the retired employees of the scoint city any of san francisco. i'm not speaking on their behalf but i do follow these what goes on at the retirement board consistently and write it up. and i have to concentrate or otherwise when you put something in writing if you don't do it right you look real stupid. i wonder what kind of world i live in when i read this report. and particularly i was struck by recommendation 5 as the lower risk of recommendation for investment. wouldn't be able to pay anybody's lunch. so i really feel that the grand jury -- i'm sure they're experiencing great pain today, but in the future, if they go into something like this, they should include, in their group of people with whom they talk and discuss, people who understand some basic ideas ofdv risk and of particularly risk and have a professional background in it. thank you very much. >> supervisor elsbernd: thank you. not yet. mr. yep. and
jean thomas, i'm a retired city employee. i have the honor and privilege of being the chair of the committee with the retired employees of the scoint city any of san francisco. i'm not speaking on their behalf but i do follow these what goes on at the retirement board consistently and write it up. and i have to concentrate or otherwise when you put something in writing if you don't do it right you look real stupid. i wonder what kind of world i live in when i read this report. and particularly...
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and the purpose behind city college. please welcome our wonderful mayor. (applause). >> thank you, pamela. good evening, everyone, welcome to the chinatown north beach city college campus (cheering) it just feels like it's been a long time, but, you know, it's just on a site that many of us remember. nothing has ever come easy for our community, especially when it was on this block of the international hotel. many of you remember those years and we weren't afraid of struggle. we weren't afraid of making sure that the interests of our communities was well represented and we would fight for every inch to improve it. and so today it's my pleasure to join all of you, to join the trustees, the interim chancellor and all the past chancellors, the past trustees who for many, many years were contributing so much of their fantastic time to making sure this was a wonderful institution for all of us. to our board of supervisors and no less our board president, david chiu and eric, scott wiener, maria, who are here on behalf of the
and the purpose behind city college. please welcome our wonderful mayor. (applause). >> thank you, pamela. good evening, everyone, welcome to the chinatown north beach city college campus (cheering) it just feels like it's been a long time, but, you know, it's just on a site that many of us remember. nothing has ever come easy for our community, especially when it was on this block of the international hotel. many of you remember those years and we weren't afraid of struggle. we weren't...
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just give some of the information the city already has. this is the first of many hearings, but i do think this will be a very important issue for us to address as this project moves forward in order for us to have a successful project. so, i do want to welcome folks that are here today. we have jen matts who is the director of development on our southern waterfront. and i was hoping she could come up first and introduce the rest of the city family that will be presenting here today at land use committee. thank you, ms. matts. >> thank you very much, supervisor. i'm jennifer matts in the office of economic and work force development and i have the privilege of working on three major waterfront development projects currently for the city. we're really delighted to be here with you today and we have a pretty robust hearing and set of presentations. some of this information we've shared with both the cac and with the port commission, but this is the first time that we've come to you board of supervisors because these hearings are broadcast an
just give some of the information the city already has. this is the first of many hearings, but i do think this will be a very important issue for us to address as this project moves forward in order for us to have a successful project. so, i do want to welcome folks that are here today. we have jen matts who is the director of development on our southern waterfront. and i was hoping she could come up first and introduce the rest of the city family that will be presenting here today at land use...
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i want to talk to new york city and other jurisdictions about leveraging multiple cities populations of taxi drivers to bring rates down and provide health care for san francisco taxi drivers. >> chairman nolan: what is the rate at which the fund is growing? >> we started a pilot program, approximately 1 million dollars a year. we started the pilot program in late 2010. i cannot say with any accuracy what would happen when old medallions become transferable. that is what is happening now. >> chairman nolan: i am interested in that. that would be a wonderful thing to be able to do that. mr. -- point about being at a level, middle level, i would be interested in seeing that. >> a lot of the cabdrivers have talked about sort of the other challenges that they face in their industry, corruption may be within the cap companies, maybe with non-driving drivers holding the down is required to drive, competition, challenges around technology that may be they don't have the access. do you feel that these things we can address with more resources in our agency, our department to clean up this. o
i want to talk to new york city and other jurisdictions about leveraging multiple cities populations of taxi drivers to bring rates down and provide health care for san francisco taxi drivers. >> chairman nolan: what is the rate at which the fund is growing? >> we started a pilot program, approximately 1 million dollars a year. we started the pilot program in late 2010. i cannot say with any accuracy what would happen when old medallions become transferable. that is what is...
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it's truly a loss for our city. but i'm so grateful that i had an opportunity to work with him and to get to know him. >> the clerk: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: i wanted to add on to the restroomance remes well. he always was reaching out to build solidarity, not just with the labor movement but with the antiwar movement and the lgbt communities as well. he was an incredible person. i wanted to thank his former seiu local 250 ac activist colleagues kathy lip scom for watching out for him so long but other activists like tab, eileen, his susan, carl, and the whole pride at work community for really making sure he was cared for in his last days as well. i wanted to say that i had tremendous respect for him as an organizer but especially as a person with a long view of movement building. and i wanted÷apx? to ask if i cd also be added on the in memoriamium for howard but also for farley. he had a wonderful memorial last night in the green money. listens of 91.7 fm and the staff and all
it's truly a loss for our city. but i'm so grateful that i had an opportunity to work with him and to get to know him. >> the clerk: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: i wanted to add on to the restroomance remes well. he always was reaching out to build solidarity, not just with the labor movement but with the antiwar movement and the lgbt communities as well. he was an incredible person. i wanted to thank his former seiu local 250 ac activist colleagues...
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could it cause a mud slide disaster like the one in daly city? >> a young woman wakes up to find a man -- intruder in her apartment. we'll tell you what happened next coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> right now, police
could it cause a mud slide disaster like the one in daly city? >> a young woman wakes up to find a man -- intruder in her apartment. we'll tell you what happened next coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> right now, police
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interest about housing and how student housing is supposed to work in the city. we don't think that the staff report -- it's a good start, but we don't think it's there yet. we think it needs more work. and it's not clear to us at this point why this ordinance has been proposed. student housing already reports -- and this is the work we did. it has clear reporting requirements to the mayor's office of housing. in addition, schools are required to have institutional master plan. and this appears to be a duplicative unnecessary third layer of reporting. and not sure to what purpose. we've always supported the monitoring and reporting of student housing that takes advantage of the exemptions in the ordinance such as inclusionary housing, f.a.r. bonuses and dwelling unit mixes. but this would require additional reporting on all student housing regardless of whether it took advantage of these exemptions or not. and finally, we question the timing of this proposal because before a single unit of new housing -- student housing is built, the city already appears ready to
interest about housing and how student housing is supposed to work in the city. we don't think that the staff report -- it's a good start, but we don't think it's there yet. we think it needs more work. and it's not clear to us at this point why this ordinance has been proposed. student housing already reports -- and this is the work we did. it has clear reporting requirements to the mayor's office of housing. in addition, schools are required to have institutional master plan. and this appears...
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that is a result with a great deal of conversation with city planning. i think that it is a superb addition to the design thinking and i will show you in a few minutes how that might appear from the outside. >> you see the mission square with about 20 california redwood trees and a very beautiful grove and this is all designed with the peter walker and partners and in among the trees is a fanicular accessible to the park itself. i would say that one of the key under lays of the work that we are doing here has to do with security. we are going to have over the process of the coming design, several ongoing discussions with the tj pa, it is very important that security be managed jointly between the tower and the center. we are beginning to have the concepts for the security in the square and the lower parts of the center, so to say that is an important part of our agenda. this is looking at your standing across the street at first and mission looking back to 101 first street. although it might be hard to see on this slide, the lower five floors of the buil
that is a result with a great deal of conversation with city planning. i think that it is a superb addition to the design thinking and i will show you in a few minutes how that might appear from the outside. >> you see the mission square with about 20 california redwood trees and a very beautiful grove and this is all designed with the peter walker and partners and in among the trees is a fanicular accessible to the park itself. i would say that one of the key under lays of the work that...
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we work that way. >> reporter: city officials in daly city tell me they will be stopping by to keep an eye on that hillside during the storms. here in pacifica that will not be the case. doug is confident he won't be stopping by he knows if there are any problems these residents will give him a call, right away. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now part of the great highway in san francisco is shutdown because of storms strong winds sent sand blowing across yesterday the conditions too dangerous to reopen, drivers not being allowed to travel between lincoln and sloot in either direction. >>> storm-related photos sent by our viewers through ureport this is a large tree branch that came down in a santa rosa parking lot. another viewer took this photo of pg&e crews at an apartment complex in fremont. power was out nearly 12 hours there as the storms continue throughout the week, e-mail your photos. >>> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of these storms. meteorologist lisa argen will be back with the full forecast and you can track the storm yourself any time with live doppler
we work that way. >> reporter: city officials in daly city tell me they will be stopping by to keep an eye on that hillside during the storms. here in pacifica that will not be the case. doug is confident he won't be stopping by he knows if there are any problems these residents will give him a call, right away. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now part of the great highway in san francisco is shutdown because of storms strong winds sent sand blowing across yesterday the...
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unfortunately the city did not take care of it in time. it is a city street. back in the '90s we had a hundred 90 mi. an hour winds all the trees on eugenia were wiped out. the city paid a lot of money for crushed cars and fences and other damage property. they tried to turn over ownership of the trees to be homeowners. most of the homeowners did not want to face that type of liability. there were neighborhood groups that essentially made the city returned them a city trees. -- retain net >> do you call this city? >> i did call them and ask them to return and do something with this so that the treated not fall in my backyard. >> did it reached a bedroom or any rooms in her house? >> of we were looking at that because she's literally just came up 10 minutes before we went on the air. we were talking and looking at it and it seems that possibly the structure of the house is ok. it looks like the branches are just kind of resting on there. most of the way is right here on the sidewalk. car rosebushes are probably crashed pretty hard. the main concern as that you
unfortunately the city did not take care of it in time. it is a city street. back in the '90s we had a hundred 90 mi. an hour winds all the trees on eugenia were wiped out. the city paid a lot of money for crushed cars and fences and other damage property. they tried to turn over ownership of the trees to be homeowners. most of the homeowners did not want to face that type of liability. there were neighborhood groups that essentially made the city returned them a city trees. -- retain net...
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city of buehler, they will remove the cross from the city seal and the city properties because this group, freedom from religion foundation complained that it violates the establishment cause of the constitution. >> dana: one thing i look in to with this is the seal was redesigned 24 years ago. that's when a lot of lawsuits happened. what they were trying to do here, not make a religious point but historic point. the city was established by menonite immigrants seeking refuge from religious persecution. this is an historic point and what marks the town to make it different. they have a point of history to look to. i don't think anyone putting the cross on there was making a religious point, necessarily, though they might be faithful christians. the town was founded -- you can't run away from your history. >> kimberly: brian, the mayor there said concerns over the lawsuit were deciding factor i in deciding to remove the cross. >> brian: i blame your people. the legal people. the legal people of this world fears to use taxpayer money to defend the right to show the cross. that has everybody
city of buehler, they will remove the cross from the city seal and the city properties because this group, freedom from religion foundation complained that it violates the establishment cause of the constitution. >> dana: one thing i look in to with this is the seal was redesigned 24 years ago. that's when a lot of lawsuits happened. what they were trying to do here, not make a religious point but historic point. the city was established by menonite immigrants seeking refuge from...
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and that can only happen in the greatest city in the world, san francisco! [cheers and applause] >> "san francisco, open your golden gate". (music). [cheers and applause] "san francisco, when i get home again i'm coming home". [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome giants' announcer renel brooks moon. >> what's up everybody? hello san francisco giants fans. [cheers and applause] how are you doing? this is so nice. we had to do it twice; right? thank you all for coming out today. and ladies and gentlemen it is my honor to welcome you to the official city celebration honoring your 2012 world series champions san francisco giants. now, as we gather together as a community today to celebrate this joyous occasion we do want to take a moment first to recognize those impacted by hurricane sandy and mourn the lives loft from this disaster. of course the giants share a deep history with new york and our prayers go out to everyone on the east coast affected by this disaster and the red cross in those regions they really need our help everybody a
and that can only happen in the greatest city in the world, san francisco! [cheers and applause] >> "san francisco, open your golden gate". (music). [cheers and applause] "san francisco, when i get home again i'm coming home". [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome giants' announcer renel brooks moon. >> what's up everybody? hello san francisco giants fans. [cheers and applause] how are you doing? this is so nice. we had to do it...
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what you can take from this is a city small amounts compare to what the city needs, this is not going to solve the city's deficit problems because the deficit problems are endemic. the start of the federal government.
what you can take from this is a city small amounts compare to what the city needs, this is not going to solve the city's deficit problems because the deficit problems are endemic. the start of the federal government.
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my last thing is that we should change the way we think in this city. this city is for everybody. we have to recognize san francisco values. we have to support everyone, not just blacks, latinos, asians, lives here. the way the debate was going, it's so racist and prejudicial. we have to stop the discrimination thing in the ci city. >> supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? okay. mr. chairman, may we close public comment? public comment is closed. i want to thank everyone for coming out today. and i think that there is a lot of common ground in terms of the desire to have a great public transportation system. we may have sometimes different perspectives on how to get there, but there is a significant number of -- a significant amount of common ground. in terms of the resolution that we have before us today, i think it speakscj::4" for itself. it is an effort to put us on record, stating that money that is eligible to maintain this system and to reverse muni's downward spiral is money that should be used for that purpose, to increase the reliability of the syste
my last thing is that we should change the way we think in this city. this city is for everybody. we have to recognize san francisco values. we have to support everyone, not just blacks, latinos, asians, lives here. the way the debate was going, it's so racist and prejudicial. we have to stop the discrimination thing in the ci city. >> supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? okay. mr. chairman, may we close public comment? public comment is closed. i want to thank...
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you know, as a transit first city, i think that would be a good problem to have. if we have more ridership than we can deal with, we need to look at ways to deal with that ridership that's something we'll have to deal with. >> supervisor elsbernd: your overall budget, how are you doing with your overall budget? you going to close the fiscal year with your budget the way it is, the two year budget? supplemental? >> our current fiscal budget is 228 million. we're projecting revenues about a million or two over that, expenditures with a million or two under that. we don't expect a supplemental this year or next year. >> supervisor wiener: you made a comment about we may end up having more ridership than the system can accommodate -- or additional ridership that strips -- surpasses the capacity of the system. to be very clear there are currently lines notice city where ridership completely exceeds capacity. and i know you've been at castro station during rush hour, when people physically cannot squeeze onto the trains because of the terms of lightwmn: rail vehicley un
you know, as a transit first city, i think that would be a good problem to have. if we have more ridership than we can deal with, we need to look at ways to deal with that ridership that's something we'll have to deal with. >> supervisor elsbernd: your overall budget, how are you doing with your overall budget? you going to close the fiscal year with your budget the way it is, the two year budget? supplemental? >> our current fiscal budget is 228 million. we're projecting revenues...
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a little chilly in new york city. we expect that this time of year. temperatures friday topping out in the mid 40s. lynn? >> dylan, thanks very much. can uncle charlie come to the rescue of a half man? plus, ben affleck is feeling love. and here once again, the winning powerball numbers for you. 5, 16, 22, 23, 29, and the powerball of 6. are you one of the lucky ones? try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ a
a little chilly in new york city. we expect that this time of year. temperatures friday topping out in the mid 40s. lynn? >> dylan, thanks very much. can uncle charlie come to the rescue of a half man? plus, ben affleck is feeling love. and here once again, the winning powerball numbers for you. 5, 16, 22, 23, 29, and the powerball of 6. are you one of the lucky ones? try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone...
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to make the city of oakland a lot safer. there's a population of 400,000 people, but only 626 officers on the street. some of the things being proposed, oakland police are moving 20 officers to the streets, but before that they have to hire 20 civilians to take their place. they're also working on a contract that would let police patrol the streets and building an academy. >> our police officers will be able to respond much quicker and there will be a much more visible presence. >>reporter: these issues will go before council. n january for a vote. i'll continue to work on this story. coming up at 5, you'll hear from the police chief about the proposals. >>> we're back on storm watch this noontime preparing for the next weather disturbance to hit the bay area. it is expected to be bigger than the fast moving storm that moved through yesterday. two more storms are on their way, and they're both going to pack a big punch. we'll hear more about that in a moment. >>> the great highway in san francisco is open, but the department
to make the city of oakland a lot safer. there's a population of 400,000 people, but only 626 officers on the street. some of the things being proposed, oakland police are moving 20 officers to the streets, but before that they have to hire 20 civilians to take their place. they're also working on a contract that would let police patrol the streets and building an academy. >> our police officers will be able to respond much quicker and there will be a much more visible presence....
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san francisco is a unique city and our paratransit program reflects this. we have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including wheelchair accessible ramp taxi and group van which serves groups of individuals going to a single location like a senior center. [music] >> i'm elsa scott and i'm a retired federal employee and i'm a native of san francisco. i use paratransit because, i've been using it for about six years because six years ago i had to start dialysis treatments at cpmc. so i'm very dependent on paratransit three times a week, coming and going.. my current driver is brian berquist.; he's just such a friendly, sort of a teddy bear kind of a guy. i don't know what it is about brian, but all of us old ladies want to feed brian. [music] >> hi, my name is fred lein. i'm most proud of driving a ramp taxi since the beginning of the program in 1994. [music] >> fred, you are the absolute best! thank you fred for providing transportation for me and opening up my social life, and taking care of medical appointments, taki
san francisco is a unique city and our paratransit program reflects this. we have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including wheelchair accessible ramp taxi and group van which serves groups of individuals going to a single location like a senior center. [music] >> i'm elsa scott and i'm a retired federal employee and i'm a native of san francisco. i use paratransit because, i've been using it for about six years because six years ago i had to...
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the city continues to take on floodwaters. residents and tourists were forced to use raised walkways, while some sat in half-submerged chairs outside in bars and cafes. >>> meanwhile, a rare tornado tore through an italian city injuring around 20 workers at a steel plant. another tornado caused extensive damage in tuscany on tuesday. >>> and michelle obama has unveiled this year's holiday decorations at the white house, which featured 54 christmas trees and a 300-pound gingerbread white house, along with a statue of first dog bo. realistic looking, too. pretty nice. >>> all right. over to wall street where markets saw a boost. the dow opens today at 12,985 after rising 106 points yesterday. the s&p added ten. the nasdaq gained 23. >>> in tokyo, the nikkei was up 92 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng climbed 213. >>> so, more data is expected today on the holiday shopping season. chain stores will release november retail sales figures today. meanwhile, a new survey shows that most adults would postpone holiday shopping u
the city continues to take on floodwaters. residents and tourists were forced to use raised walkways, while some sat in half-submerged chairs outside in bars and cafes. >>> meanwhile, a rare tornado tore through an italian city injuring around 20 workers at a steel plant. another tornado caused extensive damage in tuscany on tuesday. >>> and michelle obama has unveiled this year's holiday decorations at the white house, which featured 54 christmas trees and a 300-pound...